Lenks Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Lenks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 69 | 1:785,184 | 53,751 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Lenks Demographics
Average Lenks Salary in
South Africa
R 106,284
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lenks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lenks (Russian: Ленкс) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenks? popularity and diffusion
Lenks is the 2,237,939th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Lenks live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 785,184. In South Africa Lenks is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 35 percent are found, North West, where 29 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 20 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Lenks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lenks has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lenks Last Name Statistics demography
Lenks earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.27% less than the national average, earning R 106,284 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lenks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lenks in the Russian language | ||
| Ленкс | lenks | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lenks
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